Module size was limited to 64MB, this was legacy limitation due to vmalloc()
which was removed a while ago.
Limiting module size to 64MB is both pointless and affects real world use
cases.
Cc: Rusty Russell <ru...@rustcorp.com.au>
Cc: Tim Abbott <tim.abb...@oracle.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.le...@oracle.com>
---
kernel/module.c | 3 +--
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index 2c93276..3d56b6f 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -2380,8 +2380,7 @@ static int copy_and_check(struct load_info *info,
return -ENOEXEC;
/* Suck in entire file: we'll want most of it. */
- /* vmalloc barfs on "unusual" numbers. Check here */
- if (len > 64 * 1024 * 1024 || (hdr = vmalloc(len)) == NULL)
+ if ((hdr = vmalloc(len)) == NULL)
return -ENOMEM;
if (copy_from_user(hdr, umod, len) != 0) {
--
1.7.8.4
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